Although the The Richborough Estates Partnership LLP fully support the principle of allocating land east of Warwick Road, Kenilworth for housing purposes (Site H41) there are detailed objections to Policy DS11 and amendments are suggested.

The first amendment concerns the capacity of the allocation. Richborough note that the Sustainability Appraisal Addendum Report (February 2016) identifies the potential to deliver approximately 125 dwellings rather than the 100 dwellings indicated in Policy DS11. Based upon detailed assessments of the environmental and technical constrains and opportunities associated with the site, together with consideration of the housing mix contained in the Strategic Housing Market Assessment, the site has the capacity to accommodate up-to 130 dwellings. This should be the site's estimated capacity.

The second amendment concerns the infrastructure requirement of providing access to the sports facilities which would form part of the allocation included in Policy DS NEW4 (SP2). By reason of the 2 allocations being separate entities, and subject to varying policy considerations and possessing different traffic implications, it would be appropriate if there was flexibility for either a single or separate accesses from Warwick Road to the housing allocation (Site H41) and the sports facilities (Policy DS NEW4(SP2)). Separate accesses might be more conducive to maximising the flexibility of laying out both the housing scheme and sports facilities rather than a single point of access acting as an artificial constraint.

The following amendment to Policy DS11 is proposed:
Ref Site Number of dwellings (estimated) Area of Emp. Land Infrastructure requirements and other uses
H41 East of Warwick Road, Kenilworth 100
130 0 Provide access to sports facilities allocation (see Policy DS NEW4)